Member organization: SELDA

Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya

No to another term for Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go -SELDA

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, is resolutely against another Senate term for Duterte minions Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go. Bato dela Rosa and Bong Go have toadied to their master Rodrigo Duterte for decades, publicly supporting his repressive policies that have …

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Martial law survivors: No to Imee’s second term at the Senate

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) strongly opposes a second term for Imee Marcos at the Senate. Imee Marcos, an unabashed apologist for her dictator-father, believes, contrary to historical fact, that martial law is a panacea to the country’s ills, including high rice prices. When confronted with martial law atrocities, however, …

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Former political prisoners score Bong Go’s appeal to Senate on Duterte’s age and health condition

The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) takes exception to Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go’s appeal at the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs’ hearing last week to go easy on Rodrigo Duterte on account of his age and health condition. “Eleven political prisoners died in prison under the Duterte regime, most of …

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Former political prisoners call for release of trade union organizer Bob Reyes

The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, joins trade union activists and other rights defenders in calling for the release of union organizer Juan Alexander “Bob” Reyes, who is scheduled for a hearing at Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 226 today on trumped-up charges …

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SELDA: Free Tomas Dominado Now! Free All Political Prisoners!

SELDA (Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) urgently calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Tomas Dominado, a 74-year-old ailing political detainee. Arrested on December 5 in Arevalo, Iloilo City, Dominado faces trumped-up charges of murder and rebellion based on warrants issued more than a decade ago. Significantly, some of his co-accused …

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SELDA: Free All Political Prisoners Now!

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners in the Philippines, stands in solidarity with the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) and oppressed peoples worldwide in commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War on December 3, 2024. Together with ILPS …

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SELDA: Free Filipino imprisoned writers, free all political prisoners

Today, November 15, 2024, as PEN commemorates the International Day of Imprisoned Writers, the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) stands in solidarity with all imprisoned and persecuted writers around the world and supports the call from PEN International for their immediate release. SELDA demands that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regime release …

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